Coffee shops and tea rooms Bruges - Brugge

Afternoon Tea was introduced by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in 1840, at around 4pm. The ritual has spread throughout Britain... and to Bruges. Take time out between two visits to the superb setting of the Hotel De Orangerie and its salon, decorated with paintings from the ^17th and ^18th centuries, by the fireside in winter or on the terrace facing the canal in summer. From cream teas to champagneafternoon teas, there's a choice of formulas.